KS3 Biology › Plant nutrition and photosynthesis

Plant Nutrition

Plants take in water and minerals from the soil, but neither of those is food. Food is something that provides energy, and a plant makes its own — which is why the stuff you buy in a bottle labelled plant food isn't really food at all.

KS3 Biology · Year 7–9 · Free worksheet with answers

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Explain what a producer is and why plants sit at the start of every food chain
Define food and explain why water and minerals do not count as food
Name the four things plants take in and say what each is used for
Explain how photosynthesis produces glucose
Describe the two uses a plant makes of glucose — energy and building materials
Explain why all life on Earth depends on producers

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Plant nutrition and photosynthesis

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